Gary Braunbeck wants to scare the living hell out of you, but he isn't content to do so with the usual cast of characters – your vengeful ghosts, your monsters under the bed. Oh, he can (and will, and does) use those things, and to great effect, but he's also aware that those things are just shadows. In the hands of the truly skilled and talented (such as his), those things can frighten, but even the best constructed shadows can be banished with just a little bit of light. Braunbeck likes to dig deeper, to find those things that scare us because they are real and relatable; things like loneliness and regret and ignorance and unfulfilled promise. Those are the types of things that go bump in the night in Braunbeck's collection Rose of Sharon and Other Stories, a group of stories that will haunt you long after you turn the last page.
- 4/10/2014
- by Blu Gilliand
- FEARnet
FEARnet is proud to present brand new fiction from Nightmare Magazine. Once a month, we'll be featuring a story from Nightmare’s current issue. This month's selection is “The Totals” by Adam-Troy Castro. Please tell us what you think and enjoy!
The Totals
Adam-Troy Castro
Clutch has killed somebody recently.
This goes without saying.
For as long as Clutch can remember, he has always killed somebody “recently.” If not within the last few hours, then certainly within the last few days. He may have gone as long as a couple of weeks without, from time to time, when circumstances conspired against him. But never as long as a month, no, not for living memory.
Of course, Clutch has never had much of a memory. All the events of his violent life pass before him like dream-images, fading into the past almost as soon as the screams people make...
The Totals
Adam-Troy Castro
Clutch has killed somebody recently.
This goes without saying.
For as long as Clutch can remember, he has always killed somebody “recently.” If not within the last few hours, then certainly within the last few days. He may have gone as long as a couple of weeks without, from time to time, when circumstances conspired against him. But never as long as a month, no, not for living memory.
Of course, Clutch has never had much of a memory. All the events of his violent life pass before him like dream-images, fading into the past almost as soon as the screams people make...
- 2/6/2014
- by FEARnet Staff
- FEARnet
The Devil’s Coattails – More Dispatches from the Dark Frontier – Edited by Jason V Brock and William F. Nolan
(JaSunni Productions)
Trade Hardcover Edition, signed by both editors! Trade Hardcover with dust jacket; cover art by Vincent Chong. Foreword by S. T. Joshi.
A unique anthology: contains original, never before published works by Ramsey Campbell, John Shirley, Jason V Brock, Marc Scott Zicree, Norman Corwin, Gary Braunbeck, Steve Rasnic Tem, Melanie Tem, Earl Hamner, Jenny Brundage, Nancy Kilpatrick, Jerry E. Airth, Sunni K Brock, Richard Christian Matheson, Paul J. Salamoff, Paul G. Bens, Jr., William F. Nolan, Dan O’Bannon, Richard Selzer, James Robert Smith, and Wilum Pugmire/Maryanne K. Snyder. Opaque vellum pages, printed with 100% vegetable inks using windpower; printed and bound in the USA. Trade has a nice hardcover binding in cloth boards.
Foreword by S.T. Joshi
Introduction by Jason V Brock and William F. Nolan
The...
(JaSunni Productions)
Trade Hardcover Edition, signed by both editors! Trade Hardcover with dust jacket; cover art by Vincent Chong. Foreword by S. T. Joshi.
A unique anthology: contains original, never before published works by Ramsey Campbell, John Shirley, Jason V Brock, Marc Scott Zicree, Norman Corwin, Gary Braunbeck, Steve Rasnic Tem, Melanie Tem, Earl Hamner, Jenny Brundage, Nancy Kilpatrick, Jerry E. Airth, Sunni K Brock, Richard Christian Matheson, Paul J. Salamoff, Paul G. Bens, Jr., William F. Nolan, Dan O’Bannon, Richard Selzer, James Robert Smith, and Wilum Pugmire/Maryanne K. Snyder. Opaque vellum pages, printed with 100% vegetable inks using windpower; printed and bound in the USA. Trade has a nice hardcover binding in cloth boards.
Foreword by S.T. Joshi
Introduction by Jason V Brock and William F. Nolan
The...
- 3/16/2012
- by Peter Schwotzer
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
April first brings out the prankster in all of us. While most of us know just how far to take a joke, we all have that friend. The one who just doesn't know when to stop. The one who thinks that April Fool's Day means he can get away with murder. This episode of Dreadtime Stories is a salute to that friend, as well as an homage to Orson Welles. Special guest voice in this episode is none other than horror scribe Gary Braunbeck!
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This week's players:
Hoshizora Aona
Gary Braunbeck
Scott A.
Click on the book below to listen, and look for this episode to hit iTunes a little later on in the day. Mac users: Download the Dreadtime Stories widget from AmericanHorrorWriter.net!
Check out the official Dreadtime Stories Facebook page here, which is riddled with pictures from the recording sessions, the official Dreadtime Stories MySpace page here, and follow @dreadtimestrys on Twitter!
This week's players:
Hoshizora Aona
Gary Braunbeck
Scott A.
- 4/1/2010
- by Sifu Scott
- DreadCentral.com
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